Shades of Tom Clancy. The Russian Navy. The Cold War. The Cuban missile crisis. Putin. Ukraine. Sochi. Russian invasion. All running through my head this afternoon. Déjà vu, etc. Reports vary, but it appears the Russians may have invaded Crimea, the southern peninsula of Ukraine, an independent, autonomous republic. Airports were seized, TV stations surrounded, … Continue reading Crimea and the Clancy coincidence
I’ve no idea how the subject came up a few days ago when I was talking with my son. But suddenly he was telling me what Tom Clancy had told him a few years ago*: In the movie The Hunt for Red October (1990), the idea to have the Russian submariners sing was heavily influenced … Continue reading Clancy’s inspiration for the Red October music/singing
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts his life immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 4 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 3 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 2 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.”
Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 1 of 4
